Bean-snipper.



W. BI PHINNEY.

BEAN SNIPPBR.

APPLIGATION FILED JULY 26, 1909. RENEWED MAR. 12, 191p.

1,076.225. Patented'Oct. 21, 1913 2 SHEETS--SHEET1.

W. B. PHINNEY. BEAN SNIPPER. APPLICATION E'ILED JULY 26, 1909. RENEWED l1 A]..1Z,191 3.-

7 25 Patented Oct. 21, 1913.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFTCE.

WILLIAM B. PHINNEY, F CHILLICOTHE, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO V THE PI-{INNEY ENGI- NEERING COMPANY, OF CHILLICOTHE, OHIO, A (JORPORATION OF OHIO.

BEAN-SNIPPER.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, VViLLIAM B. Pnmnnv, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chillicothe, in the county of Ross and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements, in Bean-Snippers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to bean snippers and has for its object, the provision of a device or this character adapted to cut ofi the end portion at both of the ends of string beans and separate the cut-ofi end from the body portions of the beans.

Further objects and advantages of the invent-ion will be set forth in the detailed de scription which now follows.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 is a plan view of a bean snipping machine constructed in accordance with the invention, Fig. 2 is a side elevation of one end of one of the buckets and knives employed, Fig. 3 is an end view of the parts shown in Fig.9, Fig. 4 is a transverse section of the machine, Fig. 5 is an enlarged detail perspective view of one of the knives employed, Fig. 6 is a side elevation of one of the buckets, and Fig. 7 is a plan view of one of the buckets.

. Like numerals designate corresponding parts in all of the figures of the drawings.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral 5 designates the bed of the machine which mounted upon supports 6. Toothed or sprocket wheels 7 and 8 are mounted upon vertical shafts 9 and 10. A chain 11 passes around these sprocket wheels and the shaft 9 carries a pulley 12 to which motion may be imparted by a belt (not shown). Mountcd transversely of the sprocket chain are a plurality of tilting; buckets 1?). These buckets are partially open at 14 to permit the beans to be fed into them in any desired manner. These buckets are pivot-ally connected to the chain as at 1 1. The buckets are provided at each end with downwardly extending lugs 15 adapted to travelupon tracks 16 and 17. It will benoted by referring to Fig. 4, that the inner track is low upon the right hand side of the ma chine and high upon the left hand side of the machine, and that the outer track is high upon the right hand side of the machineand low upon the left hand side of the ma chine. This causes the buckets, when they reach the point at which the cu ing knives Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed July 26, 1909, Serial No. 509,619. Renewed March 12, 1913.

Patented Oct. 21 191?.

Serial No. 753.381.

are located, to assume the position Iilns trated in Fig. 4.

By referring to Figs. 6 and 7, it will be seen that the buckets comprise a. bottom portion 18 and top portion 19, and side walls 20. 21 and. 22. at 23 and outside of the slots 21 and-:22 are the doors 2% and 25 carrying outwardly extending portions 26 having upturned ends 27. Knives 28 and 29 are secured to the bed 5 by screws 30 that )ass throu h horizontal extensions 31 of sai knives. he blades 32' cf the knives are provided with cutting edges 33, (see Fig. 5) and these knives are secured to the bed 5 in such osition as to pass through the slots 21 and 2 of the buckets. Cam members 34 and 35ers also secured to the bed 5 (see Fig. 3) and are adapted, as the buckets pass them, to act upon the underside of the extensions 26 to lift the doors 24 and 25. I

The operation of the device is as follows: Assuming that the buckets are moving in the direction of .the arrow a in Fig. 1, and. that the beans are being fed into the open portions 14 of said buckets, the tilting'of a bucket to the position shown; at the left of Fig. 4; will causethc beans tofall down to the left hand end of the bucket when their extreme ends will contact with the door 24: and the beans will be held against furtherdownward movement. During the onward passage of the bucket, the knife will pass into the slot 21, severing the ends from 'the beans. As the bucket continues to move onward, the cam 34 will act to lift the door 24, ermittingthe severed ends of the beans to all into a basket or other recetacle 36. Durin the onward passa%e of the ucket to' the rig t hand side of the ed of the machine in Fig. 4, the inclination of the bucket 1s changed b the tracks until whatwas its l'iighest en becomes its lowest end, and the beans fall down into the opposite end of the bucket where the knife 29 acts to sever the ends from the body portions of the beans in the manner herein shown and described. It is to be noted however, that the knife 28 overla s the cam 34. In other Words, at the time tiie cam 34 acts to lift the door 24 the knife is still passing through the slot 21. The lifting of the door therefore merely permits the severed ends of the beans to fall from the bucket, the body of the knife pre- The side walls 20 are slotted at Pivoted between said-side walls,

venting the remainder of the beans from falling from the bucket. When the buckets are passing the knife 29, a corresponding cam 34 such as is illustrated for instance in Fig. 2 holds the doors open, permitting the severed ends to fall from the buckets at the time they are cut ofl'. After the buckets pass away from the knife 29 and over the basket 37, a second cam again lifts the doors 25 to permit the bodies of the beans to fall into said basket.

From the foregoing description, it will be seen that simple and eflicient means are herein provided for accomplishing the objects of the invention, ut while the elements shown and described are well adapted to serve the purposes for which they are intended, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the precise construction set forth, but includes within its purview such changes as may be made within the scope of the appended claims.

Having described my invention, what I claim is:

1. A machine of the character described comprising an endless carrier, a plurality of tilting buckets mounted upon said carrier and provided with slots therein and adapted to tilt in either direction from a horizcntal position, means for maintaining said buckets tilted at one angle while said buckets are traveling in one direction, means for tilting said buckets at an opposite angle when they are traveling in the opposite direction, and knives adapted to pass through slotted portions of said buckets.

2. A machine of the character described comprising an endless carrier, a plurality of tilting buckets mounted upon said carrier and provided with slots therein, and adapted to tilt in either direction from a horizontal position, means for maintaining said buckets tilted at one angle while said buckets are traveling in one direction, means for tilting said buckets at an opposite angle when they are traveling in. the opposite direction, knives adapted to pass through slotted portions of said buckets, doors adapted to close the ends of said buckets, and cams adapted to act upon said doors to open them at predetermined intervals.

3. A machine of the character described comprising an endless carrier, a plurality of tilting buckets mounted upon said carrier and provided with slots therein, and adapted to tilt in either direction from a horizontal position, means for maintaining said buckets tilted at one angle while said buckets are traveling in one direction, means for tilting said buckets at an opposite angle when they are traveling in the opposite direction, knives adapted to pass through slotted portions of said buckets, doors adapted to close the ends of said buckets, and cams adapted to act upon. said doors to open them at predetermined intervals, one of said cams actin upon the doors while the corresponding kni e is passing through the slotted portions of the buckets, and the other of said cams acting upon said doors after the knife has passed from the slotted portions of the buckets.

4. In a device of the character described, the combination with a pair of toothed wheels having their axes arranged vertically, of a chain engaged therewith, and traveling therearound, in a horizontal orbit, a plurality of tilting buckets secured to said chain and provided with slots therein, a pair of tracks adapted to tilt said buckets from one angle to the other during their passage over said tracks, said buckets comprising elongated hollow body portions open at the top, pivoted doors at each end of said body portions, and cam engaging extensions upon said pivoted doors, cams adapted to be engaged by said extensions and kni es adapted to pass through slots formed in said body portions.

5. A machine of the character described comprising an endless propeller traveling constantly in a substantially horizontal plane, buckets pivotally mounted on said propeller, and adapted to receive articles to be trimmed, means for tilting the buckets alternately in opposite directions and causing the articles therein to move successively toward opposite ends of the buckets, and cutters arranged to sever said articles at the depressed ends of said buckets.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM B. PHINNEY.

Witnesses:

A. L. PHELrs, G. O. SHEPHERD. 

